Republicans Terrified As Texas Demand For Bernie Sanders Forces Rally To A Bigger Venue

[TexasTowelie]

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has a message that is so popular that he was forced to move a rally in Texas to a larger venue to accommodate the growing crowd.

The Sanders campaign announced the change in venue for the Democratic candidate’s Houston, TX rally on July 19, “With turnout projections mounting, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign has shifted the location of Sunday’s town meeting in Houston, Texas, to the Hofheinz Pavilion.”

These events were intended to be town hall meetings, but demand is so high that format has been getting changed to a campaign rally. I anticipate that the Houston event will also be more of a rally than a town hall.

Demand has also forced the campaign to move a Saturday rally in Phoenix to a larger venue, as the big crowds are showing no signs of diminishing for Bernie Sanders.

Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/17/republicans-terrified-texas-demand-bernie-sanders-forces-rally-bigger-venue.html

[Kalidurga]

1. It's not just Republicans that are terrified.

[HooptieWagon]

3. LOL!

They're getting desparate.

[Renew Deal]

2. Terrified?

[awoke_in_2003]

24. I bet a lot are

A lot of Texans think Walmarts are being used as concentration camps and Blue Bell reefer trucks are portable morgues. Day 3 of Jade Helm, don't you know?

[Beartracks]

46. I overheard some Okies, too, expressing the Texas Walmart belief.

It was weird to be in a Waffle House of all places, overhearing the chef and a few customers discussing both the Greek bailout situation (this was about a week ago) and nodding in agreement about the possibility of WalMart camps and Obama's "Texas takeover." OK, to be fair, only the chef actually said she thought it was true, but the customers (who seemed to be regular patrons) technically grunted in assent.



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[Martin Eden]

30. They're convinced Bernie is spearheading Jade Helm

The larger venue will become an internment camp for Texans who resist giving up their gunz.

[snagglepuss]

4. WooHoo

[artislife]

5. Everything in Texas is bigger, maybe even his crowds! nt

[LuvNewcastle]

56. The assholes seem to be as well.

[ca3799]

6. He moved from

He moved from the 1,500 seat Cullen Auditorium to the 8,500 seat Hoffheinz Pavillion.

[tblue]

22. Whoa!

[cui bono]

31. Thanks! Just the info I was wondering about.

Welcome to DU!

[AllyCat]

34. Thank you for the info.

[mountain grammy]

7. I feel this might be a steamroller.

Even my husband... Wow!

[Faryn Balyncd]

8. kick

[George II]

9. Terrified is a bit of a stretch.

[Enthusiast]

14. Petrified is better.

[AllyCat]

35. Bingo!

[NorthCarolina]

44. ..

[Scootaloo]

51. Any reason you feel the need to go to bat for republicans, George II?

Do you really hate Sanders that much?

[daleanime]

10. Sweet!

[SoapBox]

11. Go Bernie Go!

All he has to do is...talk.

America is Feel'n the Bern!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. i like that Bernie continues to test the waters.

Texas" primary is a long way off, but he wants to know how large and sustainable his surge is. Love the way he is campaigning. I hope he begins to make the case for like-minded congressional candidates.

[daleanime]

17. Oh, hell yes.....

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Capacity of over 8000....

[SusanCalvin]

16. Hey,thanks for the pic.

I've never been there and had no idea what it looked like.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. It's GOT to panic the likes of Ted Cruz. He's lucky to fill a lobby,...with lobbyists.

[AllyCat]

36. Lol!

Scary, but funny!

[Not Sure]

41. Great post! nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

43. Fond college memories.

Both Cullen Auditorium and Hofheinz Pavilion are on the main campus of the University of Houston, which is a very large state school. When I was going there 40 years ago the enrollment was 25,000 and it was mostly a commuter school. Now I believe the enrollment is about 30,000.

I went to some great rock concerts at Hofheinz. The best one was: Opener: Robin Trower (formerly of Procul Harum); middle act: King Crimson; headliner: Ten Years After, featuring Alvin Lee, the world's fastest fingered guitarist (he was billed as).

[TexasBushwhacker]

47. For me too!

I was in high school in the late 70s and my mother was a student. They would sell concert tickets a day early to the students, so she, in her late 30s, would wait in line with the "kids" to buy me tickets. They were usually floor seats, often in the first few rows. GOOD TIMES!!!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

53. Cool!

Remember the crowd tossing Frisbees around before the show? Flicking your Bic? Now they turn on the flashlight on their smartphones! Tossing a beach ball?



I'm a piano player. They don't have a smilie for me.

[TexasBushwhacker]

55. Oh, yeah. Flicking your Bic

I remember getting contact highs from all the weed too.

[randr]

15. Democrates are going to have to open up the tent

There are many disgruntled conservatives who are not happy with the far right takeover of their "republican party".
I have a sense that Bernie will be attractive to them once they begin to listen to what he is saying.
We have the potential for a uniting of forces and the election of a truly populist President for the first time in my life.
I has been a long time since we have had a President we could label as 'honest'. This meme alone could attract a ground swell of across the political spectrum.

[HooptieWagon]

18. I have a few republican friends...

Who are looking at Bernie closely. In summery, they like his honesty, his consistency, and that he stands up for the "little guy" not big corporate interests. There is not a chance in hell that Hillary can get their votes.

[randr]

19. I have conservative friends who are not opposed to Hillary or Bernie

They are down right embarrassed over the clown car of candidates from the fright wing.

[LiberalArkie]

20. I do agree. i have noticed it when I wear my Bernie tee shirt. People that I know are a little to

the right of Jindal and Cruz are telling me that they like Bernie. It is really weird because I am used to arguing with them about everything.

[NorthCarolina]

45. I can honestly say that most of our

friends (and family unfortunately) around here in NC are Republicans, but I am ecstatic that many of them are actually listening to, and talking about, Bernie! Mention Hillary to them though and they immediately go bonkers again..Benghazi!!!...emails!!!...you know, the usual RW crap. I have heard them mention more than once, 'Bernie is an independent you know'. I think that may have some bearing on his rising support amongst the GOP base. For me, I could care less what they think he is, as long as they continue to like him...and get out and vote for him.

[A Simple Game]

25. Bernie could be the force that ends the "my party is better than your party" mentality

that has taken over the two major parties the last 30 or so years.

And hopefully end the; "you must vote for your parties candidate even if they are no good because they are still better than the other parties candidate" attitude many party members display.

I see Bernie getting a record number of crossover votes in the general election. We already know how many Republican votes Hillary can expect.

[Betty Karlson]

37. That would be a monumental achievement.

The blue wall - as per Lawrence O'Donnell's projections - is at 257 electoral votes. Add Virginia and you have the White House won.

But if crossover votes turn a few blocks from the Red Fortress purple, it could be an outright whipe-out of the GOP.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. FDR appealed to the working class and had broad appeal....

Bush at least played cowboy with a fake ranch for them. They tossed their entire Country Western crowd under the bus and ran a slimy Wall Street lying flip flopping used car salesman in the name of greed.

Bernie is from a rural state. Okay, he's a Yankee, but still.

It's been said the Republicans vote for a father figure. Bernie fits that with the 50+ crowd.

[uriel1972]

21. Funny the Republicans are always afraid of something...

The "Gay Agenda", "Feminists", "Muslims" and so on (I use quotes as their targeting mechanisms are a bit off and anyone and anything can be called this or that, regardless of the actual nature of the person or thing).

They are a big bunch of talk-big cowards. Happy to beat up on the powerless whilst fawning to the powerful.

In case you hadn't guessed, I don't like them much.

[tblue]

23. True. Look at everything they say.

Every speech or statement is some form of either "I'm scared" or "Be afraid. Be very afraid" or "THOSE people are gonna hurt us."

[randr]

27. They are appropriately called the Fright Wing Party.

[brewens]

26. The "Hill People" can't be too happey either. Bern Baby Bern! n/t

[red dog 1]

32. Kicked! .....Thanks for posting, TexasTowelie

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/10/1400974/-Bernie-Sanders-Breaks-20-in-a-National-Poll-for-the-First-Time-Gaining-Support-Across-Demographics

[erpowers]

33. I Guess I Should Not Rain on Anyone's Parade, But

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No one should be afraid of the fact that Bernie Sanders had to move his Texas town hall meeting to a bigger venue and change it from a town hall meeting to a campaign rally. The event that was mentioned in the article is taking place in Houston, Texas. Houston, Texas is a highly liberal city. The current mayor is a lesbian who was elected three times. She is leaving office now mainly because of term limits. Houston mayors can only serve three terms. Before she was elected, Republicans had very little hope of winning the mayor's office. Currently, the Republicans are holding out very little hope of gaining control of the city's top office.

I am happy that Bernie Sanders is doing so well at this point in his campaign. However, it is not that big of a deal if he is doing this in mainly liberal cities. I would expect and I think Republicans would expect Sanders to draw big crowds in cities like Houston, Texas. Clinton Democrats and Republicans should only get scared when Sanders can draw crowds like this in more moderate and conservative cities. When that starts happening Bernie Sanders is really making some headway.

[azmom]

39. He's in Phoenix tonight.

They are expecting 8,000. It's pretty conservative here.

[erpowers]

40. Okay

I was not sure about Phoenix. I did not know whether it was liberal or conservative. Well, lets see if he can keep up the momentum and whether or not he can win some states and make the Democratic primary a competition.

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. Yes, the larger cities all went for Obama in 2012

even more than in 2008. Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso and even Dallas, were all blue. Nationwide, Obama carried urban areas by almost 2 to 1, and suburban areas it was 50/50.

[rocktivity]

38. "If (Sanders') message can find support in red states like Arizona and Texas,

it can be successful all across the country."

Right (as in correct, not wing). It's only logical that Sanders would draw large crowds in New England. But where are these Texas and Arizona "bluenecks" coming from?

Do they consist of Dems who are trying to be "fair and balanced" before "committing" to Hillary? Do they include Dems, Repubs and moderates who fed are up with the "politics as usual" of both parties? Or maybe they're just curious -- the MSM's obliviousness to Sanders' existence has forced people to learn about him from the blogosphere as well as in person. And just like with Obama eight years ago, maybe they're relieved to find out out that a stealth socialist is no more to be feared than a stealth Muslim.


rocktivity

P.S. Remember when Obama was pulling these kinds of crowds, they were criticized as being too Hitler-ish?

[TexasBushwhacker]

49. I think HRC will get big numbers in most urban areas too

But her first events in Texas have been fundraisers. I think changing demographics will be in the Dems favor. I think most people, even some who consider themselves conservative, want to hear what Bernie has to say. 20% of the self identified conservatives voted for Obama.

The Baby Boomers are all over 50 now, many over 65. Social Security and Medicare will be an even bigger issues than before. The savings of many over 50s took a huge hit in 2008, so genuine change in the regulation of the financial sector will be a big issue. Many over 50s lost jobs they had been doing for years during the recession, and many of them had to take big pay cuts to get re-employed. I'm just now getting the same salary that I got in 2004. With inflation, it's less.

I think Bernie's directness resonates with voters. I haven't heard HRC say minimum wage should be $15 an hour, that the big banks should be broken up and then there's her vote on Iraq that she has to defend. There are many active military that are pissed off about how they have been treated by the GOP, with the help of Dems like HRC.

I will be at the Houston rally. I'm excited!

[rocktivity]

54. You could be really be on to something

The Baby Boomers are all over 50 now, many over 65. Social Security and Medicare will be an even bigger issues than before. The savings of many over 50s took a huge hit in 2008, so genuine change in the regulation of the financial sector will be a big issue. Many over 50s lost jobs they had been doing for years during the recession, and many of them had to take big pay cuts to get re-employed.

Maybe there's too much emphasis on the "millenials" and the "minorities" and the "seniors." The "pre-seniors" could be a voter group that everyone but Bernie overlooks!


rocktivity

[LuvNewcastle]

57. I'm sort of a pre-senior, and I think the issues

Bernie talks about are vital to our future. If things continue to go as they have for the past 30 years, I'll retire into poverty. I'm not well-off now, and being even worse off in old age is a daunting prospect. I really want to see Bernie go all the way. I think he and maybe O'Malley are the only candidates who seriously have a desire to turn things around.

[TexasBushwhacker]

58. I seriously doubt I'll be able to retire

and I have plenty of friends who feel the same way. Granted, I admit I didn't save enough early enough, but a lot of pre-seniors are in the same boat. Long periods of unemployment and disability can wipe out savings really fast. Even my cousin, who was a physician doing primary care had to retire a few years later than he planned because of the 2008 crash. Of course people whose primary asset is their home suffered big losses too.

While I would like to work until I'm 70 (I'm 58 now), I have friends that lost their jobs that had to take early retirement at 62 because no one would hire them. So pushing the SS retirement age to 70 just isn't realistic. It's hard to get past an HR gatekeeper when they're young enough to be your kid and staying with the same employer for decades an getting a gold watch just doesn't happen anymore.

[valerief]

42. Proving not all Texans are nutso crazy. Just the ones with access to the media. And

legislature. So the image we get of Texas is it's full of Perry loons.

[TexasBushwhacker]

50. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and the press n/t

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

52. I'LL BE THERE! I CAN'T WAIT!